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Liberty Day in Harvard celebrates Founding Fathers

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HARVARD Hundreds channeled their revolutionary spirit on Saturday and transformed the Starline Factory in Harvard into a 1770s delegation hall to honor the Founding Fathers.

People throughout the area donned outfits styled off the American Revolution period, danced like it was 1775 and witnessed a re-enactment of the second Virginia Convention, where Patrick Henry famously declared "give me liberty, or give me death" nearly two-and-a-half centuries ago.

"If we have to move forward, we need to know where we came from," organizer Roger Erber told the crowd after the re-enactment. "That's the point of today."

Christ's Church of Capron hosted the two-day "Liberty Day" event. It was meant to unite Christians from area suburbs and allow attendees to reflect on the sacrifices Henry and others throughout American history made in the name of liberty.

The event kicked off Friday night with a concert from Celtic singer Charlie Zahm and fiddler Tad Marks.

On Saturday afternoon, Paul Jehle, founder of Heritage Institute Ministries, spoke at the Liberty Day conference and discussed United States foreign policy. Later in the evening, roughly 400 attendees celebrated the American Revolution period with a historical fashion show, period dancing and historical re-enactments.

The annual Liberty Day event this year built on past success, Erber said.

The event started more than a decade ago inside the Erber family living room, where Erber, his wife and eight children recited speeches and songs to celebrate Henry.

The head of Christ's Church of Capron and his family eventually opened the event to the public around 2004, bringing in formal speakers for the event.

Liberty Day has an educational focus, Erber said. But it also can stir emotions.

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Liberty Women Lose in Big South Semifinals

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CONWAY, S.C. No. 3 seed Winthrop will play in the VisitMyrtleBeach.com Big South Women's Basketball Championship game for the first time since 1996 after posting a hard-fought 65-59 victory over the two-time defending tournament champion, No. 2 seed Liberty, in Saturday evening's semifinal clash at The HTC Center.

Now 23-8, Winthrop will face No. 1 seed High Point (22-9) in the championship game Sunday at 5 p.m. on ESPN3. The Panthers notched a 73-69 victory over No. 4 seed Campbell in Saturday evening's first semifinal tilt. This is the first time in tournament history that neither Liberty nor Radford will appear in the championship game.

Liberty, which had defeated the Eagles during both regular-season matchups, falls to 20-11. The Lady Flames, who failed to advance to the Big South Championship title game for the first time since 2007, will now hope for their second WNIT bid in program history. The WNIT field will be announced on March 17.

Trailing by nine points with 4:10 remaining, Liberty reeled off seven of the game's next eight points. Mickayla Sanders' spinning hoop in the paint with 47.1 seconds left made it a one-possession game at 59-56.

Winthrop then made all six of its free throw attempts the rest of the way, sealing its first-ever tournament victory over Liberty in six tries.

Big South Player of the Year Dequesha McClanahan paced the victors with 15 points, while freshman Erica Williams posted her 10th double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) of the season. Tiffany Charles came off the bench for a season-high 12 points and four of her team's 11 steals.

The Eagles' Schaquilla Nunn became Winthrop's career blocked shots leader with her lone rejection of the night. The sophomore has already rejected 171 shots in two seasons.

Liberty freshman Mickayla Sanders topped all players with 19 points, and added a career-high eight rebounds. Ashley Rininger's 16th double-double of the year consisted of 16 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. She also dished out a career-high four assists and blocked three shots.

Katelyn Adams added nine points for the Lady Flames, while Sadalia Ellis distributed a game-high five assists.

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West Liberty holds off Fairmont State

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In his last matchup against West Liberty, Fairmont State coach Jerrod Calhoun put the ball in Brendan Cooper and Thomas Wimbush's hands and rode the two to a 93-81 upset win.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In his last matchup against West Liberty, Fairmont State coach Jerrod Calhoun put the ball in Brendan Cooper and Thomas Wimbush's hands and rode the two to a 93-81 upset win.

It was hard to utilize that strategy on Saturday, as both players struggled to just stay on the floor. Each picked up his fourth foul with over 13 minutes left and missed large chunks of time down the stretch.

Despite a spirited and furious rally by their teammates, No. 3 West Liberty proved to be too much in a 97-87 win in the second men's Mountain East Conference semifinal at the Charleston Civic Center.

The win moved the No. 1-seeded Hilltoppers into today's championship game against No. 2 University of Charleston. West Liberty will be looking for its fifth crown in a row when the ball goes up in the air at 3:30 p.m.

"The fifth-straight one doesn't mean as much as that we have a chance to win a championship tomorrow," West Liberty coach Jim Crutchfield said. "It's all about this year and these guys. We haven't talked about winning a championship, we've talked about opportunities and the opportunity is there."

After playing what Crutchfield said was one of the best halves his team had played all season in the first half, the Hilltoppers (26-2) had to survive some torrid shooting from Fairmont's guards.

Cooper (15.2 points per game) and Wimbush (14.6) are Fairmont's second- and third-leading scorers, respectively, but despite their absence, the Falcons were able to cut a 50-32 halftime deficit all the way down to 77-75 in the late going.

That's because Chase Morgan and Stevie Browning caught fire as Fairmont made 9 of 17 3-pointers as a team, including 8 of 12 in the second half.

"In the second half, it looked like we were giving up the lead but the shots they were making were very difficult shots Fairmont was hot," Crutchfield said. "A couple of times we had hands in the face of shooters and we did a pretty good job. Unfortunately, it wasn't good enough.''

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Harry Cooper – Hitler & Eva Braun Lived Out Their Days In Argentina Radio Liberty 2.24.14 – Video

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Harry Cooper - Hitler Eva Braun Lived Out Their Days In Argentina Radio Liberty 2.24.14
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2 more questioned after neighbor’s arrest in East Liberty sisters’ deaths – Video

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Allen Wade says he #39;s innocent. Pittsburgh police say he #39;s charged with killing Susan Wolfe and her sister, Sarah, at the house where the women lived in East ...

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